Lay-off and pulverizing machine.



C L. ALLEN.

LAY-OFF AND PULVERIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.19.1914.

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C. L. ALLEN.

LAY-OFF AND PULVERIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.19. 1914.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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CHARLESL. OIKSA-LT LAKE .CITX, UTAH, ASSIGNOR .TO 'U'lAI-I PATENT AND IMPLEMENT COMPANY, DFSALT LAKECITY, UTAH. A CORPORATION OF UTAH.

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Applicati-o nfiled august 19, 1914.

To all whom itma i f com/em: 1

Be it known that, I, CHARLES :L. .AZLIJEN,

citizen of the Unitedv States: residing atSalt In the accompanyingdrawings, which arev hereby made a parthereof: Figure 1 is a plan of the machine constituting the best practical embodiment of my inventionstha't I have as yet devised. Fig-.2 is a'longitudinal vertical section, taken in a-plane atthe left of the drivers seat and loolrin'gtoward the right hand side of the machine. Figs. '3 and 4l-are detail-views sh-owing'thearr-angement ofthe plows relativeto thershoe,iand the connection of the plows to the shoe.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawing Among other elements my novel machine comprises a concavo-convex shoe 1 for smoothing the ground. Connected with and carried b the said shoe is an attachment similar to that shown in the B. F. Luke Pat ent #923,057 of May 25, 1909, and made up of arms 2 fixed on and extending rear-o wardlv from the shoe; a rock-shaft 3 journaled in said arms and bearing harrow teeth e and a hand lever 5, the latter equipped with a detent 6 to'engage a segmental rack 7 on one of the arms 2. and wheels 8, loosely mounted on the rock-shaft, V Arranged below the shoel'and in front of and in al nement with the wheels 8 are plows 9. These plows are identical in construction and therefore a detailed description of the one shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 will 'sufliceto impart a definite understanding of both. The plow referred to comprises a body having a forward tapered portion 9' w'bear solidly against the rearedge of the and a rear channel-iron portion 10 on the side walls of which are'abutments 11 that shoe 1; a V-shaped point 12 resting at the sides and in front of the forward end of the bodV and fixed thereto. and a blade 13 fixed .to the forward end of the body and the point 7 55 ,and' extending upwardly and rearwardly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. 16, 1915.

Serial No. 857,491.

therefrom. -The blade 13 is provided at its upper end with a reduced portion 1 1 that extends through an aperture 15 in the shoe 1. This blade serves the twofold function of bracing the forward end ofthe body and the point 12 from the shoe 1, and assists the abutments 11 in holdin'gthe plow in proper relation to tlieshoe 1. At 16 and 17 the plow is provided with threaded bolts. These extend upwardly through the shoe and are equipped, with nuts 18, through the medium of whichthe plow is held snug against and isconnected with the shoe. It will be noticedin this connection that when necessary either plow can beexpeditiously and easily removed from-the shoe and sis-readily replaced with a new plow. It will also be notie'edthe channel-iron portions 10 of the plows are alined with and receive the forwardportionsof the wheels 8.

Man'ifestly the arrangement of the blades 13 in the apertures of the shoe and between the shoe and the plow body and thepoint, coupled with the arrangement of the abutments 11 against the rear edge of the shoe, and-the bolt andnut' connection between the bodies and the shoe, renders the connection ofthe plows tothe shoe stiff and strong, all strain being taken off the bolts and the plows being adapted to be removed from the shoe as's on as the nuts are taken off the bolts.

The plows are adapted incidental to the operation of the machine to cut furrows, while the shoe serves to smooth the earth raised by the plows. and the wheels finish the furrows or contribute to the proper formation thereof by pressing into the walls anv clods that. may roll into the furrows. When the ground is damp and the shoe smooths the same to a too great extent, the harrow teeth may be used to break up the ground and thereby prevent-baking of the surface thereof.

Fixed to and rising from the rear portions of the shoe 1 is astandard 20 on which is a drivers seat 21. .Also fixed to rising from the shoe 1, though at a point near the forward edge thereof is a loop-shapedupright 22. In this uprightis disposed and movable the rear reduced end 23 ofthe tongue 24 which is pivoted at 25 between braces 26 that are fixed to and extend forwardly and inwardly from the shoe.

Carried by and rising from the shoe 1 is a segmental rack 30 and short standards 31,

- cranked shaft and its appurtenances renders the draft of the machine very light.

ranged to seat'in the interdental spaces of the racks 30. a

and journaled in said rack and standard is a rock-shaft 32. At its ends beyond the stand'- ards 31 the said rock-shaft is provided with cranks 33 having axles 3 4: on which ground wheels '35 are loosely mounted andsuitably secured.

Fixed to the shaft 32-is a hand lever'36, equipped with a detent 37 ar It will be readily observed that because the provision of the rock-shaft 32, and its appurtenances, the machine may be moved on thewheels 35"when not in use; also, that the provision of the rock-shaft and the wheels takes the weight entirely ofi the necks of the horses while the machine is in use as 7 well as while it is being moved from one field or point to another. Moreover by manipulating the hand lever'36, the operator is en-f 1 g It. will further be manifest from the foregoing that incidental to'the operation of the machine, the tongue is left free, and hence thetransmission of vibration to the necks of the draft animals is avoided. Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is :7 a

1. In a machine of. the vkind described, the combination with a shoe; of plows arranged under and against and bolted'to the From. this 1 shoe respectively"comprising a body having a forward tapered portion and a rear channel-lron port onon the side walls of rear edge of the shoe, a point fi xed with respect to the forward portion of the body, and a blade fixedtoand extending upwardly from theforward portion of the body and a point and having its upper portion disposed in an aperturein the shoe. 7 2. In a machine of the k nd"-descr1bed, the combination of a shoe, plows arranged a drivers seat, standards rising from the a V shoe near the-ends thereof, a segmental rack Whichare abutinents that bear'against'the fixed onthe shoefa shaft'journaled in said '1 standards 'and'provided beyond the same withcranks onjwhich. are journals, wheels mounted on 'said journals,- a lever fixed onsaid shaft and having a .detent to engage said rack,tongue supporting means fixed to and extending forwardly from the'shoe, a

ment of said end.

vertically swinging tongue pivotedat an intermediate point ofits length to said sup porting means, and means on -the shoe receiving the .rear end of the tongue and constructed and arranged to limit upward move In tQStImQHY Wl'IGI'GOf I have hereunto set? my hand in'pre'sencerof two subscribing 'Wltl'lGSSQS;

' Witnesses: y T "THOMAS E. TURPIN,

C. WV. F owLnR.

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